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• Commented on If You Think You're Groovy: The amazing soul rock sound of P.P. Arnold
  Sorry, me again... Listened several times to this YouTube of SFaces and I swear it's not dubbed over in the studio; the sound is the exact original single. Just played it to be sure (more sure). The live sound has...
• Commented on If You Think You're Groovy: The amazing soul rock sound of P.P. Arnold
  You've not heard of the fab PP Arnold before? OMG, it must be my age... Check out a killer version of "Angel Of The Morning" that kicks backside of Merilee Rush's version. I need to dig out my 7" vinyl...
• Commented on The first MP3 player (1998)
  I'm sorry, chaps, but mini-discs, CDs and MP3s be damned. I had a portable record player that played both 7" and 12" vinyl, plus at a stretch, 10" shellac. Now that was the cutting edge of technology: a whole 20...
• Commented on Mister Jalopy's bike sale at Coco's in Los Angeles
  @ #1: now if you were thousands and thousands of miles away, you could always come to our recycled bike shop in Stafford, UK. Same deals, more Raleighs, £s not $s. Ho hum....
• Commented on Elizabeth Warren is frank and funny about the TARP trainwreck
  When I first saw this (on our side of the Pond), I thought it was the most erudite and funniest segement I'd ever seen on Jon Stewart. She is so smart and simultaneously hilarious - it's the pauses, you know......
• Commented on Make your own paranoid British terrorism poster!
  Looks like the site's been Boinged, still inaccesible at 20:56 BST...
• Commented on Happy Pi Day!
  @Kevin143 Actually, British Indian or British Pakistani food is quite different from that obtained back home. And the best 'Indian' food (actually Pakistani and Mirpuri) can be only be obtained in Birmingham, specially Sparkhill, most-specifically Stoney Lane. But try asking...
• Commented on Video version of the Thatcher Effect
  OMG... I thought the Thatcher effect was 2.5m unemployed and the destruction of the working classes... but I guess I'm still stuck in the 1980's. (UK joke; doesn't cross the pond: sorry)....
• Commented on Furniture from reclaimed wood
  hey guys, I know where to get loads of wood for this!...
• Commented on Atheist bus ads roll in London today: massive success
  Yea, yea, yea! That's my money being used! Probably... Glad to see that the Atheistic Campaign is working...
• Commented on Gallery of obsolete computers
  Ah the BBC Master, eh? I wrote my first post-grad thesis on one of those (waxes lyrical about 5.25-inch very floppy disks). And I still have a working Amiga 1200 tucked under the Wintel machine. Does this make me i)...
• Commented on Ramones photos by Jenny Lens -- eBook with free sample
  Gabba gabba hey! Like this a lot; another good post....
• Commented on Obama <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">might</span> ought to get rid of daylight saving time
  Bow down to GMT and the superiority of us Brits, you ungrateful colonists. Change all of your clocks to London time! It's so much of a hassle changing my watch, phone, etc., every time I fly into to the US...
• Commented on Kinks reunion documentary-in-progress
  Just watched Ray Davies interviewed on BBC2 by Jools Holland, talking about re-writing parts for the musical "Come Dancing"... The man is so humble but talented. Excellent!...
• Commented on People over 55 dream in black and white?
  I'm over 55 (well, just) and colour-blind (deuteranopic, if you wanted to know). Why do I dream in colour?...
• Commented on Cybersquatters register domains for potential bank-mergers
  With the way mergers and acquisitions are going to be running riot with our money, the only domain worth having will be bank.gov...
• Commented on My kitten massages a large stuffed unicorn
  I'm not so sure about adorable cuteness... Our neutered male cat, Chuck E (a real Public Enemy fan), has developed the kneading habit with a plushie cushion cover. Only he kneads, then (as @#20 so gracefully says), he fornicates with...
• Commented on Human rights worker: JFK's secondary screening procedures are "human rights abuses"
  Interesting to see some of the reaction here, but less experience of this happening from those of you commenting. I'm 55, white, British, married to a US Citizen, and was detained at Newark in July. My wife was told to...
• Commented on Art film of zits being popped
  OK, revolting not revolving, I know. Long day; too many zits popping off....
• Commented on Art film of zits being popped
  No, no, no! It's the music that makes this so riveting/revolving. It's those damn unicorns singing, I reckon....